Senior Database Administrator, Lloyds
Private Cloud Infrastructure
£70.9-80.8k
+ Performance based annual bonus award + Share schemes including free shares
2 days a week in office
Retail and commercial bank
Be an early applicant
Retail and commercial bank
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£70.9-80.8k
+ Performance based annual bonus award + Share schemes including free shares
2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To support families and businesses, helping them to take the next step, whatever that may be.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in database platform engineering and a passion for technology
- Commitment to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions is a must
- You will have worked hands-on with Oracle database technologies and bring your expertise to our specialist team
- Expertise in a private cloud environment specialising in one or more of the following technologies:
- Oracle Database 12c, 19c, 23/26ai. Oracle OCI Console, OEM
- Oracle Cloud at Customer/OCI/Oracle Database@Azure
- Oracle Autonomous Database
- Supporting, managing and designing enterprise systems, including HA/DR solutions
- Agile ways of working
- Designing or contributing to solutions for a Private Cloud Environment
- Backup / Restore and Disaster recovery processes
- Defect Management
- Performance Optimisation
- Technical fault-finding Level 3 & 4
- Security best practises and compliance standards
- Mentoring Colleagues and supporting technical development of others
- Service design and associated methodologies
- Problem solving and communication skills
- Industry based best practice
Desirable
- DevOps, Automation Tooling (Chef/Terraform/Ansible)
What the job involves
- We are modernising with cloud, a platform that is quick, secure and resilient for customers and easy, modern and green for developers
- We're looking for a Senior Database Administrator to join our Private Cloud Platform
- You’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with the purpose of driving our tech modernisation agenda and enable us to become the biggest Fintech in the UK
- Understand the business area to facilitate the best solution design with team members and product owners
- Be environment aware, identify technical impediments / bottlenecks and work directly to resolve
- Be technology agnostic and willing to adapt approach in pursuit of the best solution
- Be anchored to core engineering area and carry the ability to test and learn
- Understand Systems Thinking and Service Design to mitigate reactive solutions that leads to further technical debt
- Understand agile and the relationship between agile definitions and automated delivery
- Be passionate about automating everything
- Be industry aware and understand the importance of new technical approaches to evolve solutions and the experience of the team
- Can mentor and coach others, always sharing knowledge for the benefit of the team
Application process
- End Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025
- Interviews for this role will take place on the 1st and 2nd December 2025
Our take
Lloyds Bank, part of Lloyds Banking Group, began operations back in 1765 and is nowadays one of the UK’s leading retail and commercial banks. As with many leading banks, the company has dealt with its share of controversy – including for its handling of PPI complaints in 2015, and the 2009 European Commission ruling that forced it to part ways with TSB – but it has nonetheless stood the test of time and worked to build back its public reputation in the wake of these setbacks.
Of the company’s 26 million customers, over 18 million of them are online, making it the largest UK digital bank. As part of its ongoing digital transformation, the company is seeking to put the cloud at the front of its services and systems, and has cited intentions to invest heavily in overhauling its current technology infrastructure. All this seeks to serve the modern banking customer, and to compete with the fast-increasing number of alternative banking options appearing on the market.
Recently, Lloyds Bank has shown great interest in facilitating innovation in the industry, joining as a partner on FinTech Action Labs (a FinTech accelerator programme) to bring its industry expertise to early-stage FinTechs. As well as investment in digital transformation and AI, the company is enhancing its wealth product and corporate banking offerings, as well as expanding its partnerships with digital banking companies.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flex cash: This is 4% of your basic salary and can be used to spend on the benefits of your choice, or you can choose to take it as a cash top up in your monthly salary.
- A generous holiday allowance: You’ll be eligible for a minimum of 22 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), rising to 30 days based on length of service and grade.
- A flexible way of working: Whether you want flexibility over your location or when you log on, together we can create an approach that works for you and for the business.
- Family leave: Up to 63 weeks of maternity or adoption leave. Statutory maternity or adoption pay is available for 39 weeks, and 20 weeks will be enhanced to the equivalent of full pay. Partners can have six weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
- Health insurance: Our company funded Private Medical Benefit provides all colleagues with access to good quality medical care, including accommodation, nursing care and specialist advice.
- Colleague Offers: Get discounts on everything from electrical items to cinema tickets and weekly food shopping. You can share this benefit with up to ten family members or friends.
- Financial products: Take advantage of our great financial products, some at a discounted rate, including current accounts, home and car insurance and loans.
- Share plans: Participate in Sharematch and receive matching shares of up to £45 a month from the company, and you can choose to participate in Sharesave, our combined savings and share option plan.
- Pension: We offer a generous pension plan, with all joiners being automatically enrolled in our 'Your Tomorrow' scheme. You can decide how much you save and get a say in where your contributions are invested.
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Charlie Nunn
(Group Chief Executive, not founder)Spent nine years at HSBC, including as Group Head of Wealth Management and Digital, and as CEO of Wealth and Personal Banking.
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